m6i.16xlarge
m6i.16xlarge is an AWS EC2 instance with 64 vCPUs, 256 GiB memory (Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $3.072 per hour on demand ($2,242.56 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $2.032 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.8161 per hour. It is sold in 34 regions.
Prices by region
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
| Region | On-demand | Spot | 1-yr reserved | 3-yr reserved | 1-yr savings plan | 3-yr savings plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $3.072 | $0.8161 | $2.032 | $1.393 | $2.257 | $1.558 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $3.072 | $0.6062 | $2.032 | $1.393 | $2.257 | $1.558 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $3.072 | $1.222 | $2.032 | $1.393 | $2.257 | $1.558 |
| Mexico (Central) mx-central-1 | $3.226 | – | $2.134 | $1.463 | $2.37 | $1.636 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $3.232 | $0.8433 | $2.134 | $1.47 | $2.386 | $1.624 |
| Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2 | $3.232 | $0.3232 | $2.138 | $1.466 | $2.388 | $1.624 |
| Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5 | $3.264 | $0.9709 | $2.159 | $1.481 | $2.43 | $1.655 |
| Asia Pacific (Thailand) ap-southeast-7 | $3.264 | $0.8486 | $2.159 | $1.481 | $2.43 | $1.655 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $3.264 | $0.3669 | $2.159 | $1.481 | $2.478 | $1.696 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $3.424 | $0.7991 | $2.258 | $1.56 | $2.503 | $1.728 |
| Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1 | $3.424 | $0.7672 | $2.258 | $1.56 | $2.503 | $1.728 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $3.424 | $1.467 | $2.265 | $1.553 | $2.599 | $1.799 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $3.552 | $0.4037 | $2.346 | $1.615 | $2.697 | $1.848 |
| Asia Pacific (Taipei) ap-east-2 | $3.571 | – | – | – | $2.705 | $1.855 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $3.584 | $0.7179 | $2.371 | $1.626 | $2.72 | $1.883 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $3.584 | $1.01 | $2.364 | $1.633 | $2.718 | $1.883 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $3.584 | $0.8785 | $2.364 | $1.633 | $2.727 | $1.87 |
| Israel (Tel Aviv) il-central-1 | $3.595 | $1.16 | $2.378 | $1.631 | $2.729 | $1.889 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $3.68 | $1.147 | $2.434 | $1.669 | $2.806 | $1.914 |
| Middle East (UAE) me-central-1 | $3.766 | $0.9806 | $2.491 | $1.708 | $3.041 | $2.151 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $3.776 | $0.6834 | $2.47 | $1.706 | $2.705 | $1.974 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $3.84 | $0.9357 | $2.54 | $1.742 | $2.859 | $1.948 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $3.84 | $1.529 | $2.54 | $1.742 | $2.919 | $2.01 |
| Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3 | $3.84 | $0.384 | $2.54 | $1.742 | $2.859 | $1.948 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $3.872 | – | $2.561 | $1.756 | $3.061 | $2.026 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $3.872 | – | $2.561 | $1.756 | $3.061 | $2.026 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $3.968 | $0.9466 | $2.629 | $1.797 | $3.006 | $2.062 |
| Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3 | $3.968 | $1.059 | $2.50 | $1.714 | $3.179 | $2.301 |
| Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6 | $4.032 | – | – | – | $3.065 | $2.111 |
| Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2 | $4.048 | $1.082 | $2.678 | $1.836 | $3.315 | $2.448 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $4.064 | $0.8173 | $2.56 | $1.756 | $3.282 | $2.321 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1 | $4.224 | $0.4523 | $2.794 | $1.916 | $3.145 | $2.142 |
| Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1 | $4.224 | $0.9046 | $2.794 | $1.916 | $3.145 | $2.142 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $4.896 | $0.5091 | $3.034 | $2.214 | $3.326 | $2.54 |
Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $3.072 | $2.032 | $1.393 |
| Ubuntu Pro | $3.184 | – | – |
| SUSE | $3.197 | $2.092 | $1.448 |
| RHEL | $3.763 | $2.723 | $2.085 |
| Linux SQL Web | $4.154 | $3.114 | $2.475 |
| RHEL HA | $4.659 | $3.619 | $2.981 |
| RHEL SQL Web | $4.845 | – | – |
| Windows | $6.016 | $4.976 | $4.338 |
| Windows SQL Web | $7.098 | $6.058 | $5.419 |
| Linux SQL Std | $10.752 | $9.712 | $9.073 |
| RHEL SQL Std | $11.443 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Std | $12.339 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Std | $13.696 | $12.656 | $12.018 |
| Linux SQL Ent | $27.072 | $26.032 | $25.393 |
| RHEL SQL Ent | $27.763 | – | – |
| RHEL HA SQL Ent | $28.659 | – | – |
| Windows SQL Ent | $30.016 | $28.976 | $28.337 |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 64 |
| Physical cores | 32 |
| Threads per core | 2 |
| Architecture | x86_64 |
| Processor | Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) |
| CPU maker | Intel |
| Clock speed | 3.5 GHz |
| Sustained clock | 3.5 GHz |
| Processor features | Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo |
| Burstable | No |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 256 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | 25 Gbps |
| Network baseline | 25 Gbps |
| Network peak | 25 Gbps |
| Enhanced networking | Yes (ENA) |
| EFA | No |
| IPv6 | Yes |
| Max network interfaces | 15 |
| IPv4 addresses per interface | 50 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | EBS only |
| EBS optimized | Yes |
| EBS over NVMe | Required |
| EBS throughput | 20000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline bandwidth | 20,000 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 20,000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 2,500 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 2,500 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 80,000 |
| EBS max IOPS | 80,000 |
| Max EBS volumes | 27 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | m6i.16xlarge |
| Family | m6i |
| Category | General purpose |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 128 |
| Bare metal | No |
| Hypervisor | Nitro |
| Placement groups | Cluster, Partition, Spread |
| Hibernation | No |
| Nitro Enclaves | Yes |
| Boot modes | Legacy BIOS, UEFI |
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Other m6i sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| m6i.large | 2 | 8 | $0.096 |
| m6i.xlarge | 4 | 16 | $0.192 |
| m6i.2xlarge | 8 | 32 | $0.384 |
| m6i.4xlarge | 16 | 64 | $0.768 |
| m6i.8xlarge | 32 | 128 | $1.536 |
| m6i.12xlarge | 48 | 192 | $2.304 |
| m6i.16xlarge | 64 | 256 | $3.072 |
| m6i.24xlarge | 96 | 384 | $4.608 |
| m6i.32xlarge | 128 | 512 | $6.144 |
| m6i.metal | 128 | 512 | $6.144 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.